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From: npiggin@suse.de
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 3/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 1
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:19:06 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090915192242.897829798@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090915191903.290006007@suse.de

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By the time bdi_work_on_stack gets evaluated again in bdi_work_free, it
cna already have been deallocated and used for something else in the
!on stack case, giving a false positive in this test and causing corruption.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ static void bdi_work_free(struct rcu_hea
 static void wb_work_complete(struct bdi_work *work)
 {
 	const enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode = work->sync_mode;
+	int onstack = bdi_work_on_stack(work);
 
 	/*
 	 * For allocated work, we can clear the done/seen bit right here.
@@ -121,9 +122,9 @@ static void wb_work_complete(struct bdi_
 	 * to after the RCU grace period, since the stack could be invalidated
 	 * as soon as bdi_work_clear() has done the wakeup.
 	 */
-	if (!bdi_work_on_stack(work))
+	if (!onstack)
 		bdi_work_clear(work);
-	if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || bdi_work_on_stack(work))
+	if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || onstack)
 		call_rcu(&work->rcu_head, bdi_work_free);
 }
 



  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-15 19:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-15 19:19 [patch 0/5] bdi writeback fixes npiggin
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 1/5] fs: make use of rcu helpers npiggin
2009-09-15 19:31   ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 2/5] fs: improve scalability of bdi writeback work queues npiggin
2009-09-15 19:31   ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` npiggin [this message]
2009-09-15 19:32   ` [patch 3/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 1 Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 4/5] fs: fix possible bdi writeback refcounting problem npiggin
2009-09-15 19:30   ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 5/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 2 npiggin
2009-09-15 19:29   ` Jens Axboe

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